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Watchtower explains why it's NOT a Cult
by JWOP in
1. watchtower
2. bible
here is a youtube video showing a wt article trying to explain how it is not a cult, but contradicts itself and undoes their own reasoning:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2lac74n638.

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Was There Anything You Actually Enjoyed About Being A JW?
by MrFreeze in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm sure this question has been raised a lot but it is always good to look back.

the last 5 or 6 years of me being a jw, i did not have a very good go of it.

one thing i actually did enjoy was going to the international convention.
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Josephus says the temple lay desolate for 50 years
by JWB in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
josephus says the temple lay desolate for 50 years.

"these accounts agree with the true history in our books; for in them it is written that nebuchadnezzar, in the eighteenth year of his reign, laid our temple desolate, and so it lay in that state of obscurity for fifty years; but that in the second year of the reign of cyrus, its foundations were laid, and it was finished again in the second year of darius.

" - extract from "flavius josephus against apion" 1.21. .
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playing the game
by dingo1 in
1. jw
2. experiences
so my situation is still salvagable.

and maybe a few of you are in the same boat.

is it shady/ dishonest / taking advantage of believers, let me clairify.
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Who did you want to meet in Paradise?
by Flat_Accent in
1. jw
2. friends
step right up!

take your pick of any of the 100 billion or so people that ever lived.

who did you want to meet?
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Things that were supposedly demonized
by freshstart in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was just thinking about all the fear i had when i was a kid that i would be attacked by demons if i wasn't careful.

i mean i lived in absolute terror over it, so i'm going to reminisce about the things i was told were demonized and you can add to the list if you'd like:.

lucky charms cerealcount dracula cerealitems bought at garage sales where there was a cross or anything religious present"hotel california" by the eagles (now one of my favorite songs)wwjd braceletsscooby dooi remember being so scared of every little noise that whenever i would turn off my light to go to bed, i would say "jehovah, jehovah!
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Marijuana
by MrFreeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
does anybody know the jw reasoning why using mind-altering depression and schizophrenia medication are okay but marijuana is not?

okay i could see saying not to use marijuana because it is currently illegal in the us but what if it were legal?

there are lots of health benefits for marijuana.
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Circumcision banned in Germany - it's about time.
by Joey Jo-Jo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.smh.com.au/world/religious-groups-reject-ruling-on-circumcision-20120628-2159v.html.

jewish and muslim groups in germany have condemned a court ruling that deemed circumcision to be equivalent to grievous bodily harm.. the court, in cologne, declared this week that the procedure violated a child's ''fundamental right to bodily integrity''.

religious groups said the ruling trampled on freedom of belief and could lead to ''circumcision tourism''.. the ruling said: ''the body of the child is irreparably and permanently changed by a circumcision.
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National Archives Refuses to Release JFK Documents
by Bangalore in
1. jw
2. friends
national archives refuses to release jfk documents.. http://www.examiner.com/article/national-archives-will-continue-to-hold-kennedy-assassination-records-secret.

http://www.salon.com/2012/06/14/national_archives_no_new_jfk_docs/singleton/.

bangalore.
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intro
by dingo1 in
1. jw
2. friends
i have commented a few times so i figure ill introduce myself.

sorry if this is under the wrong topic, i dont as i dont participate in any other forums.

i have lurked for a while.